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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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A Potato Farm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Trefle has decided to immediately establish a Potato Farm. The location will be decided after inspection by Mr. Valder of suitable…

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Woman Champion of the Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 6

A plain, motherly woman, a German by birth and a Coloradoan by adoption, drove a team of horses over the sixteen miles between her ranch and…

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The Butter Industry Threatened by Regulation. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 3

The proposed alteration of the Commerce Act regulation was referred to at a conference of butter factory managers in Melbourne yesterday…

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A Potato Farm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 4

Mr. Trefle (Minister for Agriculture) has decided to immediately establish a Potato Farm. The location will be decided after inspection by Mr. G…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. a Commission's Observations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 3

The able gives a synopsis of the conclusions arrived at on Australian life and development by the Scottish Commissioners who recently visited our…

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Chaltworth Farmers Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting was held on Tuesday, Mr. W. Amos (President) in the chair. There was a good attendance of members. The following gentlemen were…

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Dairymen and Board of Health

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 3

The reported complaints of Manning farmers voiced by Mr. R. A.. Price, M.L.A. for Gloucester, were submitted to the President of the Board of Health…

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Farm and Dairy. Butter-grading Regulations

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 3

The new butter regulations under the Commerce Act are down to take effect on July 1. with a view of securing a [?] the directors…

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Moisture in Butter. Danish Averages

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 3

Perma nent [?]tter exhibitions are held at the Danish Government Laboratory for Agricultural Researth. The annual report for 1910 shows that 970 dairies…

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The Dairy. Poor Cows

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 3

Only the rich can afford lo keep poor cows. and they don't and the poorer a man to the better hie few cows should be fr he is to make a…

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World's Champion Dairy Cow

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 3

The world's champion dairy cow is said to be Missouri Chief Josephine, a Holstein-Friesian, owned by the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. For the Man on the Land Wheat Sowing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 6

Inspecting early rains, farmers have been sowing large areas of wheat. The danger of this practice lies in there being enough moisture in the soil to germinate the…

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Local and General News. Dorrigo Butter Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 2

FOR the month ending 30th April, the butter manufactured totalled 41,660lb, equal to 18 tons, llcwt 108lb, an increase of 5 tons 3cwt…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Local Railway Extension

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 11

The information published in last issue of the "Examiner" with reference to the decision of the Cabinet to continue the North Coast railway southwards…

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Dairying Notes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 3

The chief Dairy Expert (Mr O'Collaghan) noting the carelessness regarding the use of pure bred balls, set about a series of experiments as an example. In most, if…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 10

The Dairyville branch held their usual monthly meeting on the 9th inst., the President in the chair. Correspondence were read from the Land Department,…

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Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 4

Foley Bros. report: The demand continues good for really prime quality at present quotations but secondary to med[?] quality are neglected and must…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Banana Culture

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 3

The cultivation of the banana is not a new one on the North Coast. Forty years ago groves of this tropical fruit fined the banks of the Clarence, and…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 3

A special meeting of the Gurranang branch was held on Saturday, the President, Mr. F. Ward, J.P., in the chair. The attendance was good…

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Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Rural Workers' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 6

On several occasions attention was drawn in this column to the effect on producers the demands of the Rural Workers' Union would have if adopted…

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